What is specific in the efforts of the Slovenian state institutions to handle the current economic, political, and cultural crisis in the country? The answer is searched for in the media representations of the building of a new government in February 2012. In the article, the analysis is focused on five major functions of modern states: security provision, regulation of macro-economy, administration, reproduction of human resources, and environmental protection. The analysis identifies a large share of publications focusing on the administrative function of the state and rather limited share of publications on security issues and environmental protection.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1024608833
In the article, the authors argue that strategic steering is essentially a discursive practice influenced by both semiotic and extra-semiotic factors. Hence, success or failure of a strategy essentially depends on ability to steer the discourse. Recognizing limitations of direct and centralized interventions, they look for analytical and strategic solutions in sophisticated mechanisms of contextual steering: variation, selection and retention of strategic discourses.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1024575041
The book explores the effect that migration paths have on constitution of 'selves' and 'others' in relation to home. The essential point relates to the fact that globalisation, transnationalism and the concomitant creation of transnational social spaces have greatly affected the meaning of home for migrants and have consequently infleunced their construction of identities. Migrants tend to experience home as multi-dimensional, pluri-local, and characterised by regular movement across state borders.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2048200979
The article discusses this crisis of legitimacy in government policies in the case of Slovenia, one of most contradictory countries within the European Union. Due to political decisions combined with the economic situation, the general welfare in Slovenia dropped significantly. The author questions the political decisions that were made in Slovenia in recent years and their impact on the general well-being of population.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1024581441